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Lahm joins 100 club

Friday 7 September 2013 is a day that will live long in the memory for FC Bayern München defender Philipp Lahm (2nd r.). It was the day on which he made His 100th appearance came over 9 years and 6 months after his debut for One of his finest moments in a Germany shirt came on 9 June 2006. Germany were hosting the FIFA World Cup and Lahm (m.) scored the tournament's Having now reached 100 appearances, Lahm is just one cap away from equalling the tally of Thomas Häßler, a World Cup Sixth on the list of appearance-makers for Germany is perhaps the country's most famous footballer ever: Franz Jürgen Kohler was a staple of a Germany side that dominated world football between 1986 and 1988. The tough-tackling defender won a His namesake, Jürgen Klinsmann, was with him for much of that triumphant spell. The Göppingen-born striker Aged just 28, Lukas Podolski is, quite remarkably, the third-highest appearance-maker for Germany. The former 1. FC Köln and Bayern Miroslav Klose, formerly of Bayern, Werder Bremen and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, equalled the goalscoring record of the great Gerd Müller against Austria with his 68th Germany goal in his 129th match. He places second on the all-time list of appearance-makers, behind......Lothar Matthäus, West Germany's captain in 1990 and the man to have worn the DFB Eagle on the most occasions, 150 to be precise. Lahm has some